Predators sure to get 'very good player' in NHL Draft

1:08 AM,
May 5, 2013

Center Nathan MacKinnon of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is considered the draft's best forward.

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Josh Cooper
| The Tennessean

There was a sense of anticipation in his tone as Predators general manager David Poile spoke after the NHL Draft Lottery on Monday.

Poile had good reason to be eager for the June 30 draft in Newark, N.J. The 2013 class is considered one of the best in the last 10 years, and the Predators will pick fourth overall. If Nashville doesn't trade the pick, it could get a high-end prospect to add to its system for the first time since drafting Colin Wilson seventh overall in 2008.

"There's no doubt in my mind that they're going to get a player that's going to be a significant difference maker for them for a lot of ...